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Around 8,000 residents of the town Inakadate in Aomori Prefecture banded together to create some incredible art using simple arrangementsof rice.
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Tokyo -
Japanese police Friday raided the apartment of a provincial politician who became an Internet sensation after he was filmed crying like a toddler when confronted about his alleged misuse of public funds.
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by AFP
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Tokyo -
Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that two atomic reactors were safe enough to switch back on, marking a big step towards restarting the country's nuclear plants which were shuttered after the Fukushima crisis.
In the Media
by Kyoko Hasegawa (AFP)
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Tokyo -
Japanese police have arrested a Tokyo artist on obscenity charges for distributing data that allowed recipients to make 3D prints of her vagina, sparking protests over what supporters said was an attack on free expression.
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by AFP
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Tokyo -
Campaigners are pushing for Japan's population to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize in a nod to the country's long-held pacifism, even as Tokyo controversially expands the scope of the military in a move that has sparked protests at home.
In the Media
by Yuta Yagishita (AFP)
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Tokyo -
Seismologists said an earthquake that struck near Japan's shuttered Fukushima nuclear site early Saturday was an aftershock of the tremor that sparked 2011's deadly tsunami, and warned of more to come.The strong 6.
In the Media
by AFP
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Tokyo -
A minor tsunami hit Miyagi prefecture in Japan early Saturday after a strong 6.8-magnitude quake jolted the country's northeastern Pacific coast, prompting advisories for regions including around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
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by AFP
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Tokyo -
Japan issued a tsunami advisory early Saturday after a strong 6.8-magnitude quake struck in the Pacific off Fukushima prefecture, authorities said.The Japan Meteorological Agency said a local tsunami of up to one metre (3.
In the Media
by AFP
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Port Moresby -
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Friday said the horrors of war must never be repeated as he visited a World War II battlefield in Pacific nation Papua New Guinea.
In the Media
by AFP
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Tokyo -
Tropical storm Neoguri skirted past the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Japan's east coast Friday and blew out to sea, leaving behind it a trail of destruction and several people dead.
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Tokyo -
Typhoon Neoguri brought wind and waves to the Tokyo region early Friday after leaving several people and causing havoc across small communities in western and central Japan earlier in the week.
In the Media
by AFP
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Kagoshima -
Neoguri made landfall on the Japanese island of Kyushu on Thursday. The storm brought heavy rain, killing seven people and injuring 45 others.
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Tokyo -
Typhoon Neoguri slammed into the Japanese mainland Thursday bringing widespread flooding, ripping trees from their roots and leaving houses half-buried under mud, as tens of thousands were urged to seek shelter.
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by AFP
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Tokyo -
Typhoon Neoguri slammed into Japan's southern main island early Thursday after lashing the Okinawa island chain, with three people killed as powerful winds and torrential rains battered the country.
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by AFP
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Jerusalem -
Japan and Israel have signed a research and development cooperation agreement, the first such agreement Japan has signed with another country.
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Tokyo -
Typhoon Neoguri bore down on the Japanese mainland Wednesday after slamming into the southern Okinawa island chain, killing two people in the country and leaving a trail of damage in its wake.
In the Media
by Miwa Suzuki (AFP)
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Tokyo -
Weakened but still formidable, Typhoon Neoguri is now approaching Japan's southern island of Kyushu as residents prepare to ride out the storm.
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Tokyo -
Every summer In Japan, the Thunder Gods roar to life in the Grand Imperial Shinto Rite known to the outside world as sumo.
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Tokyo -
Typhoon Neoguri lashed Japan's southern Okinawa islands, reportedly leaving two dead and forcing more than half a million to seek shelter, as the region's worst storm in years damaged buildings, downed trees and brought air and sea traffic to a halt.
In the Media
by Miwa Suzuki (AFP)
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Tokyo -
The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games are an economic boon for Japan, but insiders reveal that nothing good comes without a price.
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Recent articles on Japan's possible Robot Olympics sparked a wave of interest about the concept on many sites. A previous contest was held in 2013 that could give us some insight on what the future event may look like.
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Kadena -
Supertyphoon Neoguri has reached Okinawa. The next few hours will be critical, as the most intense part of the storm sweeps over the heavily populated Japanese island, home to Kadena AFB.
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Auckland -
The thorny issue of whaling dominated Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe's whistlestop trip to New Zealand Monday, with Prime Minister John Key saying they had agreed to disagree on the matter.
In the Media
by AFP
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Canberra -
When the Japanese Government announced the reinterpretation of Article 9 last week, many feared a resurgence of Empire. Today, Japan and Australia revealed that the Empire in question is British.
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I could see them scurrying in utter confusion, trying to escape being killed or captured. Others avoided capture by holding grenades to their chests and blowing themselves up. ~CJ Miller on PTSD
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Tokyo -
Japan is set to approve its first arms export following relaxation of its self-imposed ban, as the nation aims to boost its global military and economic presence, a report said Sunday.
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by AFP
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Tokyo -
As the United States eastern seaboard recovers from July 4th's Hurricane Arthur, Pacific Supertyphoon Neoguri has Japan in its sights, reports from the Japan Meteorological Agency say.
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Tokyo -
Japan will revoke some of its unilateral sanctions on North Korea, the prime minister announced Thursday, rewarding progress in a probe of the Cold War kidnapping of Japanese nationals.
In the Media
by Shingo Ito (AFP)
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Tokyo -
Japan's prime minister has likened the relaxation of strict rules on the country's military to the seismic shift of the Meiji Restoration -- a moment widely understood as the birth of the modern nation -- a report said.
In the Media
by Kyoko Hasegawa (AFP)
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On July 7th of each year, people in Japan look up to the sky and celebrate Tanabata Matsuri, the Star Festival. It's an ancient custom that reminds us of our connections to each other and to our heavenly ancestors in the starry sky above.
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The Kuril Islands - first owned by Japan, now by Russia.
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One of several outlets with Japanese food, Vancouver Sakura Days Fair Japan at VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver.
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Purin the Super Beagle loves nothing more than playing football.
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A handsome profit can be earned for those wanting to grow their own square watermelons.
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Japanese Defense Ministry
A rescue mission of unprecedented proportions is underway in northeast Japan, where tens of thousands people are feared dead following Japan's 8.9 earthquake and tsunami.
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Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan delivers a special address during the session 'Vision for Japan' at the Annual Meeting 2011 of the World Economic Forum
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A captured short-finned pilot whale is measured by fishery workers including Fisheries Agency employees at Taiji Port in Japan's oldest whaling village of Taiji, 420 km (260 miles) southwest of Tokyo
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A group dance of drummers and representatives of the Squamish Nation in the finale of Ganbare Japan! benefit concert, Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver.
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Japanese rescue officials practice responding to an earthquake.
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A U.S. Air Force search and rescue crew survey an inlet in northeastern Japan
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Japanese Ministry of Environment
The floating turbine offshore of the Goto Islands.
Photo: 09/21/2012
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Jim Byrnes and The Sojourners on stage of Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver during Ganbare Japan! benefit concert.
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115-year-old Misao Okawa, now the world's oldest person according to Guinness Book of World Records.
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Japanese Defense Ministry
A rescue mission of unprecedented proportions is underway in northeast Japan, where tens of thousands people are feared dead following Japan's 8.9 earthquake and tsunami.
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Tohoku Region: Rebuilding for a Better Tomorrow photo exhibit
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A helicopter rescue is part of the disaster readiness drill in Japan.
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